Nicholas David Ionel and Michael Geerts will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Barcelona Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:30 am on CENTRAL COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nicholas David Ionel who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nicholas David Ionel is the pick to win this match.
Nicholas David Ionel -> 1.85
Michael Geerts -> 1.89

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Prediction and head to head Nicholas David Ionel vs. Michael Geerts

There is no head to head record between Nicholas David Ionel and Michael Geerts since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Nicholas David Ionel

Nicholas David Ionel

14 - 9win/loss

Hard
0-2
I Hard
0-1
Clay
14-6
Rank
355
High
184
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 69-32 0-2 69-29 0-1 0-0 0-0
2023 50-38 7-7 43-30 0-0 0-1 0-0
2022 66-33 17-9 48-20 1-4 0-0 0-0
2021 47-33 14-4 33-29 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 19-14 16-8 3-5 0-1 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 267, David Ionel reached the 2nd round after beating Joris De Loore 6-4 1-0 ret..

In the 1st round against De Loore, David Ionel had a free pass after De Loore retired on a 6-4 1-0 . scoreline.

David Ionel has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (227-139). 14-6 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, David Ionel has an aggregate172-101 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.

David Ionel’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Antalya.

The Romanian has a compiled 14-9 win-loss record in 2024, 14-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Barcelona Challenger

The Romanian has never competed in this tournament before.

Barcelona Challenger
David Ionel's Record

Michael Geerts

Michael Geerts

13 - 11win/loss

Hard
3-3
I Hard
7-7
Clay
3-1
Rank
295
High
212
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 49-36 17-10 10-12 17-13 0-1 5-0
2023 32-39 13-10 13-19 6-8 0-1 0-1
2022 42-37 5-8 24-14 11-13 0-0 2-2
2021 35-28 13-7 14-14 8-7 0-0 0-0
2020 12-8 5-2 0-1 3-4 0-0 4-1
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Ranked no. 339, Michael got to the 2nd round after beating Oriol Roca Batalla 7-5 3-6 6-3.

In the 1st round, The Belgian defeated Roca Batalla (7-5 3-6 6-3). During the match Geerts scored 94 points vs Roca Batalla’s 91. Michael was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.

About the serving games, Geerts wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Michael Geerts lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Geerts put 53% of his first serves in, winning 67% (33/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (27/43) on the 2nd serve. Michael broke Roca Batalla 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

The Belgian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Cherbourg Challenger.

Geerts has a composed 13-11 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Barcelona Challenger
Geerts's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

N.David Ionel
M.Geerts
0h:52
0h:52
Time on court​
!
2h:33
2h:33
!
0h:52
0h:52
Last match​
!
2h:33
2h:33
1
1
Match played
1
1
11
11
Games Played​
30
30
3
3
Set played​​
3
3
40
40
Total points​
94
94
40
40
Avg point​
94
94
16
16
Winners
33
33
16
16
Avg Winners​
33
33
40%
40%
Ratio winners
35%
35%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
0
0
0
0
Avg Aces
0
0
0
0
Double Faults
3
3
0
0
Avg Double Faults
3
3
16/21
16/21
1st won total​
33/49
33/49
!
76%
76%
1st won %
67%
67%
4/5
4/5
2nd won total​
27/43
27/43
!
80%
80%
2nd won %
!
63%
63%
-- Break Points --
2/8
2/8
BP won
3/5
3/5
2/8
2/8
Avg BP won
3/5
3/5
!
25%
25%
Won
!
60%
60%
0
0
Conceded
6
6
0
0
Avg Conceded
6
6
0
0
Broken
2
2
!
0
0
Avg Broken
2
2
0
0
Saved
4
4
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points David Ionel Geerts
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 11 30
Pts 40-31 94-91
Total Points 71 185
Winners 16 33
%Winners 40% 35%

Both David Ionel and Geerts played 1 match. At the moment, Michael Geerts dropped 1 set while Nicholas David Ionel hasn’t dropped a set so far. Talking about their workload, David Ionel and Geerts have played the same amount of sets 3. However, David Ionel played 19 games less than Geerts. The Romanian scored 16 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Michael bagged 33 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve David Ionel Geerts
Aces 0 0
Avg per match 0 0
1st in 21/26 49/92
%1st in 81% 53%
1st pts 16/21 33/49
%1st pts 76% 67%
2nd pts 4/5 27/43
%2nd pts 80% 63%

David Ionel didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Geerts also didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. David Ionel won 76% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 80% of the points. On the other side, Geerts won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks David Ionel Geerts
Won 2 3
Converted 2/8 3/5
% Converted 25% 60%
Conceded 0 6
Saved 0 4
% Saved 0% 67%
Times Broken 0 2

David Ionel broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. Nicholas quite strong on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Michael broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Belgian conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

David Ionel
R1
De Loore		 Total
Score 6-4 1-0 ret.
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 11 11
pts 40-31 40-31
Total points 71 71
Winners 16 16
%Winners 40% 40%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 21/26 21/26
% 1st in 81% 81%
1st pts 16/21 16/21
% 1st pts 76% 76%
2nd pts 4/5 4/5
% 2nd pts 80% 80%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/8 2/8
Converted % 25% 25%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % – 0%
Times Broken 0 0
Geerts
R1
Roca Batalla		 Total
Score 7-5 3-6 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 30 30
pts 94-91 94-91
Total points 185 185
Winners 33 33
%Winners 35% 35%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 49/92 49/92
% 1st in 53% 53%
1st pts 33/49 33/49
% 1st pts 67% 67%
2nd pts 27/43 27/43
% 2nd pts 63% 63%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/5 3/5
Converted % 60% 60%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 4/6 4
Saved % 67% 67%
Times Broken 2 2

Tennis Scores in Barcelona Challenger

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